The Bubble Genius Bob & Chez Show, 8/25/11

Hurricane Irene; The East Coast Earthquake and Nuclear Power; Global Warming is Happening Now; The Latest from Fukushima; The Nexus of Rick Perry and George W. Bush; The Rick Perry Abstinence Tape; and much more! Brought to you by Bubble Genius!

I’ve lived in Southern California pretty much all my life, and I still don’t believe the stupid driving when it rains. Chez has it right; all it takes is two drops of rain and the streets and freeways come to a dead halt. We humans can deal with snow and rain just fine, Bob, we just can’t seem to drive in them.

“God, he sounds like Bush!” True enough. They both have West Texas accents—though Bush’s vowels tend to be more patrician New England—and they have the same nervous laugh. Plus, they’re both nitwits.

I still say Rick Perry will flame out before the end of the year.

–alopecia

LoewLife

Visited my girlfriend in southern California last year during a “freak” rainy week. She made me drive her car because she couldn’t drive in the rain, and neither could anyone else on the road (I’m from the midwest).

I don’t know how you guys live with that kind of incompetent traffic.

And I hope you are right about Perry flaming out.

muselet

In fairness to my fellow Southern Californians, our rainy season lasts roughly from November to April. By the time it starts to rain in late autumn, an impressive amount of oil, dirt, antifreeze, brake fluid and who knows what else has built up on the roads. It takes a couple of storms to wash it all off the asphalt. However, there’s no reason to white-knuckle along at fifteen under the limit in February.

I don’t know how you guys live with that kind of incompetent traffic.

With gritted teeth. And KCRW on the radio.

–alopecia

holyreality

So why burn gasoline to cut the grass?

I thought the repubs would insist on using gas, and likely an illegal gardener to do what nature does.

FWIW, goats are proving useful in weed eradication in the west where we lose thousands of acres per year to invasive weeds.

TimEldred

Using animals as an energy-saving resource makes a lot of sense. Doing it instead of adequately funding schools is self-defeat.

No. Using animals as an energy-saving resource to do a job that humans can’t do makes sense.

Using animals to do a job that humans can do is simply adding to our problems.

And, they still make push mowers if you’re concerned about the environment or energy.

TimEldred

My comment was oversimplified to make a point, but of course I agree with you. The best solution is, if an animal could take over a human job it would theoretically free up the human to do a job more befitting a human. Also, by “energy-saving resource” I’m referring to more than just the burning of gasoline; human exertion is another form of energy.

Regardless, it would all be moot if funding went where it is needed rather than “cut to coddle.”

JackDaniel07

They are working on 3D printers that will build a 2000 sq ft house in one day, unmanned. Animals are, or should be, the least of our concerns. But I agree and think that its silly, as well as grandstanding inbred with nose-slicing-spite, to bring Your Pet Goat to “mow the lawn” and “save some money”

I’m in central New Jersey, so while we are going to get hit, it’s won’t be as bad as the shoreline. They’ve also issued a Tropical Storm watch for our area, which, while still serious, is not a Hurricane Warning. A bit of a relief.